The 4th International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences series
23–25 Oct 2024
Neurorehabilitation, Neuroscience, Cognition, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurotechnology, Neuroimaging
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Due to the high volume of submissions, the abstract acceptance notification will be postponed to mid-September.
Acceptance results (whether accepted or rejected) will be notified by email as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Registration Deadline: 17th October 2024
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Welcome from the Chair
Dear colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to join the 4th International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences (IECBS 2024) after the strong success of the previous annual online conference. IECBS 2024 will be held online from 23 to 25 October 2024.
The field of neuroscience is one of the most important frontiers in biomedical studies, as many of the details that control brain function are still not well understood. This makes the study of the nervous system very exciting and fast moving. This conference will address a variety of research topics which reflect some of the current areas of focus. Topics of the conference will be organized around the following sessions:
S1. Behavioral Neuroscience
S2. Systems Neuroscience
S3. Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging
S4. Neuropsychology
S5. Neurodegenerative Diseases
S6. Cognitive Neuroscience
S7. Clinical Neuroscience
S8. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
S9. Neurorehabilitation
The scope of this online conference is to bring together well-known worldwide experts who are currently working on brain sciences and to provide an online forum for presenting and discussing new results.
All accepted abstracts will be published on the conference website. You are required to submit an abstract (200 – 250 words). Please see the abstract guidelines in "Instructions for Authors".
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we cordially invite you to join us at the 4th International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences (IECBS 2024).
We look forward to your contributions.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Stephen D. Meriney
Chair of the 4th International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences
Event Chair
Stephen D. Meriney completed his PhD in Physiology/Neuroscience at the University of Connecticut with Dr. Guillermo Pilar in 1986, where he studied the parasympathetic control of intrinsic eye muscles. He then moved to the Jerry Lewis Neuromuscular Research Centre at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a postdoctoral fellow, and then became an assistant research physiologist there, with Dr. Alan Grinnell, and studied voltage-gated calcium channels and synaptic mechanisms at the neuromuscular junction. He has been at the University of Pittsburgh since 1993, where he is currently a Professor, and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Brain Sciences.
Session Chairs
Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
neurorehabilitation; disability; stroke; Parkinson disease; movement disorders; physical therapy; clinical trials; systematic review; meta-analysis; methodological studies
Multiple Sclerosis Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
demyelinating disorders; clinical trials; therapeutic neuroimaging; OCT
Movement and Cognition Laboratory, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences Haifa University, Haifa, Israel,
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of the Medical Sciences of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Living the Inverted “U”: Connecting Ups and Downs from Fetus to Grave in Movement and Cognition
developmental neuroscience; computational neuroscience; cognitive neuroscience; fetal cognition; neuroplasticity; consciousness; neuroeducation hunter
Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
adult psychiatry; geriatric psychiatry; mood disorders; brain fMRI; brain functional connectivity; visual inspection of independent components; dual regression
Department of Psychiatry, Fragile X Clinic, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA,
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences-Child Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
fragile X syndrome; clinical trials; targeted treatments; autism; autism spectrum disorder; fragile X premutation; fragile X-associated disorders
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, CUNY School of Medicine, The City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
biosensors; chemical sensors; nanosensors; bioprobes; neuromolecular imaging (NMI); neurotransmitters; neurochemicals; in vitro; in vivo; in situ; brain; behavior; neurosystem disorders and treatment
School of Health Sport and Bioscience, University of East London, London, UK
molecular neurobiology; alcohol addiction; drosophila models
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
neuromodulation; facial pain; peripheral nerve stimulation; deep brain stimulation
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, SP 8 Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
olfactory function; gustatory function; neurodegenerative diseases; cognitive function; COVID-19
1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 23412, Taiwan; 2. Department of Exercise and Health Promotion, College of Kinesiology and Health, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan
neurobiology; neurophysiology; neuropharmacology; neuroimaging; cognitive neuroscience; behavioral neurology; neuroinformatics
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
learning disorders; dyslexia and related disorders; models of dyslexia; eye movements in reading; space disorders of space and attention after traumatic brain damage; forms of hemi-neglect; rehabilitation of neglect disorders.
Committee Member
Dr. Moses O. Sokunbi
Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, England, United Kingdom
Committee Member
Neural Engineering; Medical Imaging; Biomedical Signal Processing; Brain-Computer Interfaces; functional MRI; Entropy; Biomedical engineering
https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=9_mIUaMAAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Tiziano Balzano
HM CINAC (Centro Integral de Neurociencias Abarca Campal), Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, HM Hospitales, Madrid, 28938, Spain.
Committee Member
Neuroimmunology; Parkinson's disease; Neurovascular unit; Blood brain barrier; Glial cells; Neurodegenerative diseases.
www.linkedin.com/in/tiziano-balzano-2935552a8
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Caprì Tindara
Department of Life and Health Sciences, and Health Professions, Link Campus University, Via del Casale di S. Pio V, 44, 00165, Rome, Italy
Committee Member
general psychology, experimental psychology, cognitive processes, cognition, attention, memory, automatic and controlled processes, ADHD, cognitive neuroscience
https://www.unilink.it/en/university/teaching-staff/capri-tindara
Asst. Prof. Dr. Grazyna Lietzau
Division of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 1, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
Committee Member
neurodegeneration; olfactory system; dementia; metabolic diseases; diabetes; stroke
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/grazyna.lietzau.1/bibliography/public/
Asst. Prof. Dr. Francisco A. Nieto Escámez
1. Department of Psychology, University of Almeria, 04120, Almeria, Spain; 2. Research Center for Wellbeing and Social Inclusion, University of Almeria, 04120, Almeria, Spain
Committee Member
virtual reality; neurorehabilitation; motor system; neuropsychology; dementia; visual perception
https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=2sT-Hf4AAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao
Dr. Sara Bertoni
Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, 24129, Italy
Committee Member
Neurodevelopmental disorders, dyslexia, attention, reading difficulties, attentional training, language impairment, behavioural longitudinal studies
https://unibg.unifind.cineca.it/resource/person/51608
Asst. Prof. Dr. Keehoon Lee
TGen Integrated Microbiomics Center, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen North), part of City of Hope, Flagstaff, AZ 86005, USA
Committee Member
Microbiome, Brain-Gut axis, Brain-microbiome axis, biofilm, neurological disorders, cancer-microbiome
https://www.tgen.org/
Dr. Tommaso Ercoli
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sassari, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro, 07100, Sassari, Italy
Committee Member
Neurology; Parkinson’s Disease; Dystonia; Movement Disorders; Functional Neurological Disorders
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tommaso-Ercoli
Dr. Jinsung Wang
Human Motor Behavior Lab (HuMBLab), Zilber College of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, 53201, USA.
Committee Member
Motor control, motor learning, adaptation, neuromotor disorder, aging
https://uwm.edu/publichealth/directory/wang-jinsung/
Prof. Dr. Claire Donnellan
1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 6027, Australia 2. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, D02 T283, Dublin, Ireland
Committee Member
Geropsychology; neuropsychology; cognitive health; brain health; healthy ageing; cerebral small vessel disease; cerebrovascular disease
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k0OiHK4AAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Nataliya Romanyuk
Department of Neuroregeneration, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
Committee Member
spinal cord injury; ischemia; stroke; neural stem cells; microRNA Picture
https://www.biocev.eu/en/people/nataliya-romanyuk.1430
Dr. Sarah Hellewell
Curtin University and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Research, Perth, Australia 6008
Committee Member
traumatic brain injury; concussion; neurotrauma; MRI; neuroimaging
https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/sarah-hellewell-2de883fe/
Dr. Siuly Siuly
Victoria University, Institute of Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Melbourne, VIC 3011, Australia
Committee Member
Artificial intelligence (AI); Data mining; machine learning; Deep learning; biomedical signal processing; detection and prediction of neurological disorders using brain signal data (e.g. electroencephalogram (EEG) signal data)
https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us/siuly-siuly
Professor Ying Zhen
School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Committee Member
systems neuroscience; mathematical modelling of local field potentials and EEG; neurovascular coupling; balance of synaptic excitation and inhibition
https://www.reading.ac.uk/biomedical-engineering/staff/ying-zheng
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marco Cavallo
Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, CO, Italy
Committee Member
cognitive functions; experimental and clinical studies of neurodegenerative diseases; neuropsychological assessment; neuropsychological rehabilitation
https://www.uniecampus.it/fileadmin/public/cv_docenti/CVLMRC79M22I470Y.pdf
Dr. Beata Sarecka-Hujar
Department of Basic Biomedical Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 41–200 Sosnowiec, Jedności Str 10, Poland
Committee Member
genetic, biochemical and clinical risk factors for cerebrovascular diseases in children; arterial ischemic stroke; post-stroke consequences; epilepsy; headache; cerebral palsy; modern drug forms (liposomes, nanoparticles)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0002-8591
Dr. Vasileios T. Papaliagkas
Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Committee Member
Alzheimer's Disease, Clinical Neurophysiology, Mild Cognitive Impairment, EEG, Neurosciences
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1064-0290
Prof. Dr. Antonio De Iure
Laboratory Experimental Neurophysiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, 00166 Rome, Italy
Committee Member
neurodegenerative disease; neuronal plasticity; molecular electrophysiology; neuroinflammation; movement disorders
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio-De-Iure
Dr. James Brasic
Section of High Resolution Brain Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Committee Member
autism spectrum disorder (ASD); catatonia; movement disorders; neurobehavioral measurements; neurodevelopmental disabilities; neurodegenerative disorders; positron emission tomography (PET); rating scales; schizophrenia; signal processing
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=rgbWVAsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Prof. Cristian Randieri
eCampus University, Via Isimbardi, 10, 22060 Novedrate, Italy
Committee Member
RMI; EEG; computational neurosciences; behavioral models
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u6tjrg0AAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Lalitha Kurada
Henry Jackson Foundation for the advancement of Military Medicine, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA
Committee Member
neurological disorders and diseases; deep brain stimulation; EEG; epilepsy & attention; cognitive neuroscience;learning and memory; gut-brain axis; behavioral neuroscience; animal models
https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=SO2xo6UAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao
Keynote Speakers
Department of Neurology, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
Parkinson's disease; Dystonia; Cerebellar Ataxia; Tremor and Chorea; All inherited neurological disorders; Fragile X Related Disorders; Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome; Fragile X Syndrome.
Movement and Cognition Laboratory, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences Haifa University, Haifa, Israel,
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of the Medical Sciences of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Living the Inverted “U”: Connecting Ups and Downs from Fetus to Grave in Movement and Cognition
Gerry Leisman is an Israeli neuroscientist who studies complex systems theory and developmental cognitive neuroscience in the fetus, newborn, and developing child. He has published significantly on developmental aspects of brain plasticity, neurorehabilitation, and dynamic brain networks. His work has linked physics, mathematics, and other disciplines to better understand developmental brain function and malfunction, advancing theoretical frameworks, and practical applications in Medicine, Psychology, and Education. He studied in the Faculty of Medicine at Manchester University, additionally earning a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering from Union University in 1979. He is a Full Professor and Research Fellow at the University of Haifa’s Movement and Cognition laboratory and a Professor of Neurology at the University of the Medical Sciences, Resonance Therapeutics Laboratory at the Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Havana Cuba.
developmental neuroscience; computational neuroscience; cognitive neuroscience; fetal cognition; neuroplasticity; consciousness; neuroeducation hunter
Manchester Centre for Health Psychology and Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Can consensus methods help build an evidence-based clinical pathway for identifying and managing spatial neglect?
Audrey Bowen is Professor of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests are in developing the evidence base for neurorehabilitation, specialising in post-stroke cognitive and communication difficulties. A key strength of Audrey’s research is patient, carer and public involvement in research (PCPI). Audrey leads the cross-cutting, multidisciplinary theme ‘Neurorehabilitation and Living with Disability’ within the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, a collaboration between The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Northern Care Alliance & University of Manchester. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-1215
Kessler Foundation, Center for Stroke Rehabilitation Research, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, New Jersey, 07052, USA,
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 183 South Orange Avenue, Suite F-1560, Newark, New Jersey, 07101, USA
Current approaches to treat spatial neglect
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Open and emerging issues on spatial neglect
learning disabilities; dyslexia and related disorders; models of dyslexia; eye movements in reading; language
Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
Lewy Body Dementia, with a focus on a very useful new diagnostic technique that involves a non-invasive skin test
Registration
The registration for IECBS 2024 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
When registering with several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 17 October 2024.
Instructions for Authors
The 4th International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadlines
Deadline for abstract submission: 25 June 2024 23 July 2024.
Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 26 July 2024 23 August 2024.. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
1. The structure abstract should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–250 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
Oral Presentation and Slides Submission
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Poster Gallery
Poster:
- Your submission should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures, and graphs where necessary.
- File format: PDF (.pdf).
- Size in pixel: 1,080 width x 1,536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 60 width x 80 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥20.
- Maximum size: 250 M
Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
Authors who wish to present a poster are invited to send it to the conference email iecbs2024@mdpi.com. All posters will be permanently exhibited online in the Poster Gallery.
Certificates of Participation are available in your logged-in area on sciforum.net, under "My Certificates" after the conference
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
Copyright
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunity
1. Brain Sciences Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the Special Issue published in Brain Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3425, IF 2.7), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Details of the special issue will be announced here later. Please note that no other discounts are applicable. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of The 4th International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences in the Biology and Life Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9976), if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IECBS 2024 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Proceedings paper submission deadline: 11 December 2024.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
- Title.
- Full author names.
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
- Abstract.
- Keywords.
- Introduction.
- Methods.
- Results and Discussion.
- Conclusions.
- Acknowledgements.
- References.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be six winners selected for this award. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
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Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Aria Chen
Ms. Jasmine Li
Ms. Wong Jolin
Ms. Skyler Wu
Dr. Wisit Thitinarongwate
Email: iecbs2024@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
S1. Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field that investigates the complex interplay between brain function and behavior, drawing upon insights from various key research areas. By integrating methodologies from neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging, and cognitive neuroscience, it investigates the intricate underlying mechanisms. We encourage global neuroscientists and doctors to discuss the integrative endeavors to hold significant implications for understanding neurological disorders, thereby contributing to the advancement of further therapeutic interventions.
Keywords: neurobiology; neurophysiology; neuropharmacology; neuroimaging; cognitive neuroscience; behavioral neurology; neuroinformatics
Session Chair
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Woon-Man Kung, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 23412, Taiwan;, Department of Exercise and Health Promotion, College of Kinesiology and Health, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan
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S2. Systems Neuroscience
The rapidly growing body of literature in the field of neuroscience underscores the importance of interdisciplinary and inter-subject collaboration. The concept of system neuroscience focuses on going beyond the individual neuroscience domains and toward more general neuroscience concepts. At the session, we will discuss submissions on various topics that address systematic issues in today's neuroscience research.
Keywords: neuroscience integration; interdisciplinary research; system-wide approach
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Konstantin V. Slavin, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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S3. Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging
Over the last few decades, technological advances have resulted in earlier and more accurate diagnosis and successful therapeutic intervention of neurological disorders. Advanced multimodal neuroimaging and OCT not only solve diagnostic challenges but also provide helpful biomarkers to monitor disease progression. Newly approved drugs and therapeutic interventions, such as transcranial magnetic and vagal nerve stimulation have offered new hope to people with non-curable neurological diseases. In this session, we welcome posters and manuscripts addressing diagnostic and therapeutic technological advances in Neurology.
Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; positron emission tomography; neurodegeneration; nanotechnology; optical coherence tomography
Session Chair
Dr. Evanthia Bernitsas, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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S4. Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology aims to investigate the cognitive processes of the mind in relation to brain structures. Areas of interest include sensorimotor functions, perception, attention, spatial construction, intelligence, executive functions, memory, language, motivation, emotions, and quality of life. Historically, it has developed with the study of adult patients with brain injury of different origins. Over the years, the spectrum of investigation has broadened to the study of developmental lesions and children with language and learning disorders. The increasing availability of neuroimaging techniques and, even more recently, of neurostimulation techniques has made a fundamental contribution to the growth of current knowledge and has definitively pointed to the discipline as a multidisciplinary area of convergence among numerous skills and professions. In this multidisciplinary perspective, the session aims to bring together recent updates in neuropsychological research. Presentations that focus on neuropsychological function in both healthy and disordered conditions and across the lifespan are encouraged. Submissions that address the development and testing of neuropsychological interventions are also encouraged.
Keywords: attention deficits; neglect; language disorders; learning disabilities; stroke; traumatic brain injury; neurostimulation; neuropsychological rehabilitation
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Zoccolotti, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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S5. Neurodegenerative Diseases
Olfactory dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases
Different neurodegenerative diseases are associated with olfactory impairment. The degree of olfactory dysfunction may vary among different neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and progressive supranuclear palsy. In particular, in Parkinson’s disease, the olfactory deficits may precede the occurrence of motor symptoms; they are, therefore, often underestimated in patients during the early stages of the disease.
The aim of this specific section is to correlate olfactory dysfunction with neurodegenerative diseases, in order to evaluate the progression of pathology and the quality of life in patients.
Keywords: olfactory dysfunction, neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease.
Session Chair
Assoc. Prof. Carla Masala, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, SP 8 Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
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S6. Cognitive Neuroscience
The session endeavors to understand how the mind works. Trying to understand our minds is perhaps the most ambitious and exciting project in all of science, and this project requires tools drawn from fields that include experimental psychology, artificial intelligence and computer science, linguistics, vision science, philosophy, anthropology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience (among others). This session will introduce the most recently developed tools and theories from these areas, as they relate to the study of the mind. We will explore the latest advances in mental processes such as perception, reasoning, memory, attention, imagery, language, intelligence, decision making, morality, and even attraction and love, as well as the technologies and findings that support the effective study of applications in learning, health, rehabilitation, decision making, strategic thinking, international affairs, human development, and in human factors. In sum, this session will examine the assumptions of cognitive science and many of the most important and fascinating results obtained of late to gain important new insights into what we are and how we work!
Key words: cognitive neuroscience; developmental science; cognition; learning; perception; artificial intelligence; perception; decision making; aging
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Gerry Leisman, Movement and Cognition Laboratory, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of the Medical Sciences of Havana, Havana, Cuba
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S7. Clinical Neuroscience
Findings from basic neuroscience research continue to promote the advancement of clinical neuroscience. This session reviews new findings from translational neuroscience that can help to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic, psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Keywords: clinical neuroscience; translational medicine; neurologic disorders; neuropsychiatric disorders
Session Chairs
Dr. Robert Emmett Kelly, Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
Dr. med. Dejan B. Budimirovic, Department of Psychiatry, Fragile X Clinic, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences-Child Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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S8. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience invites leading scientists, physicians, practitioners, and scholars to discuss positive and inspiring perspectives on the theragnostics of brain, spinal, and cellular disorders at the microscopic level. Advancing diagnostics and therapeutics where the molecule and cell meet is especially unique at the DNA, mRNA, chromosomal, and genetic frontiers, and tools such as CRISPR can mobilize the questioning brain toward success in patients and animal models. Stroke victims, the triple threat of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and epilepsies, and degeneration as well as autistic reverse neurodegeneration propel us toward recovery for life at its best. Advances in reverse aging oblige us to engage in molecular and neuromolecular tools to defray substance use disorders that may propel aging. While we carefully tread into Newtonian Einstein mechanics to ensure health at the atomic and subatomic levels, the question “Can Tau be solved with quantum mechanics?” may be asked.
Keywords: psyche; mind; neurology; psychology; surgery; diagnostics; therapeutics; cell biology; signaling pathways; mental disorders; neuroinflammation; the immune system; interleukins; cytokines; dermatology; cell metabolism; cancer; stress; movement disorders; Lewy body disease; cognition; amyloids; multiple system atrophy; addiction; quantum gravity; sensors; drug delivery; molecular biology; pharmaceutical industry; biomedical industry.
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Patricia A. Broderick, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, CUNY School of Medicine, The City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
Dr. Stefano Casalotti, School of Health Sport and Bioscience, University of East London, London, UK
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S9. Neurorehabilitation
Neurological diseases often are associated with long-term disabilities, poor quality of life, and worse self-rated health. Recent advances have been observed in the understanding of the disability process, including the role of contextual factors in improving clinical decision making in the neurorehabilitation field. This session calls for contributions related to therapeutic approaches in rehabilitation aimed at recovering function and health, preventing disability and disease-associated risk factors, and promoting function and health in people with neurological disease. In particular, contributions devoted to improving evidence-based practice in clinical decision making in neurorehabilitation are welcomed.
Keywords: neurorehabilitation; function; disability; quality of life; clinical decision making; evidence-based practice
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Christina Danielli Coelho De Morais Faria, Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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